He moved his fingers down my chest, his touch sending tingling sensations to my core. His hot breath fanning my skin as he peppered my neck and chest with soft kisses...moving up to my ears, he opened his mouth to whisper sweet nothings...
Ding ding!
Wait, why does he sound so much like my alarm??! Ohh shit! I was having another one of my weird dreams again. I really need to stop reading these novels, they're making me go crazy!
Groggily reaching over to silence my alarm. 6:00 AM. Time to start another chaotic day. I rub the sleep from my eyes, yawning widely. My bed creaks as I sit up, and I stretch my arms overhead, feeling the familiar ache in my shoulders from lugging my backpack around. I really need to stop carrying so much books around.
I glance around my cluttered room – textbooks piled on my desk, dirty laundry scattered on the floor, and notes scribbled on sticky notes covering my mirror... I guess i need to clean up before mom sees this...oof! As I swing my legs over the side of the bed, my feet dangle in the air, hesitant to touch the cold floor. I take a deep breath, mentally preparing for the day ahead, you can do this Ivy!
•Math test...arghhhhhh!
•Debate team practice
•Soccer tryouts...tuff!
My mind starts to race with worries but I force myself to pause. I take another breath, focusing on the present moment
Today's goals: ace that math test and nail the debate practice
Reminders: pick up lunch money and text Emily.
Feeling slightly more centered, I toss off the covers and get out of bed to freshen up, today's going to be a long longggg day.
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I survived! I can't believe I survived another day in this school, giving myself a mental pat on the back, I walked down the hallway to the entrance of my school when someone bumped into me...intentionally.
Mindy.
Who's Mindy you ask?
Mindy is an incarnate of the devil himself!
Straight from hell I tell you!
We met in 9th grade when I accidentally stepped on her shoes which happened to be new limited editions... I swear it wasn't intentional! But she apparently didn't think so and since then, she has taken it upon herself to make my life at school hell, how kind of her. Often times, she would decided to put trash in my locker, steal my lunch from my bag whenever I wasn't looking...she's just too much!
There was a time she told the whole school I had a crush on the school janitor! Ewwwww, I would never...even though he's pretty hot low-key, ha! Let's forget I ever said anything about that, okay?
Mindy even went as far as taking a picture of me when I was picking my nose and pinned it to the school's notice board which earned me my oh so glorious nickname..."Miss boogers".
Let's hear what Mindy has to say today, shall we?
"Hey Miss boogers, you know you need to watch where you're going. I can't have you spoil my new dress this time!" the witch exclaimed in her annoying shrill voice, I guess she's still holding grudges against me for what happened in the past.
"Uhm, I'm sorry. I'll look out next time." I murmured a reply...I really don't have time for this.
"You better be, bitch." one of her minions did the honors of replying.
They're starting to get on my nerves.
"I'm sorry once again, I'd like to take my leave now" I did a quick courtesy and walked away from the witches. Phew! That was close. I certainty didn't want another fight with Mindy and her devilish minions, I simply had no time to entertain her foolishne-
"Hey bestie!" Suddenly, someone exclaimed while carelessly throwing a thin arm around me as if they owned me.
Everyone stopped to look at the source of the barbaric voice. Great! They just had to look at me too, I mean, the barbaric human had her arm wrapped around me. I could feel my cheeks warming up already.
"Geez Emily, you didn't have to scream like that" I muttered in uncontrollable shame.
People finally stopped staring but I could still feel some lingering gazes.
"No one gets to tell me whether I should scream or not" the barbaric human replied with a childish pout.
Meet my best friend, Emily Grey. A barbaric young lady who became friends with me because I kissed her cheek in third grade.
Ha! Now that I think of it, it was quite embarrassing. I really didn't have to kiss her cheek because she fell and bruised her knee. I should have thought of the future before doing it then...foolish me.
Letting out a small sigh, I harshly grabbed the arm sprawled on my shoulder and hastened my steps.
"Let's go Emily, I'm hungry"
"You're always hungry Ivy...always" she let out a small chuckle as she quickened her pace as well.
She's right, I love food. I mean, who doesn't?! Food is life, food is happiness, food is literally everything in the world! Fuck everything else!
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Dragging my bloated and extremely tired body to my house after a nice afternoon with Emily was so difficult, ughhh I shouldn't have eaten so much. Unlocking the door in a swift motion, I bent down to remove my dirty shoes and socks and preceded to announce my arrival.
"Dad, mom, I'm home!"
Silence.
Even though I'd be surprised if someone answered me, I couldn't help but feel a tinge of pain in my heart.
"Yeah, right. No one's home." Again. There are times when I wonder if my parents remember they have a child...I mean what kind of parents leave their kid all alone without calling to check on them? They don't even send text messages! All they do is go about on business meetings and send money weekly...like I even want their money. Wiping a lone tear that dared to escape from my eye, I dragged myself up the stairs and plopped myself onto my bed.
"So comfy." I reached for my pillow, fluffed it and made myself comfortable on my bed as sleep took over. I'll freshen up later…
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